Business Insider’s owner signed a huge OpenAI deal. ChatGPT still won’t credit the site’s biggest scoops

[Nieman Lab: The Daily Digest] Thursday, June 13, 2024 [Business Insider’s owner signed a huge OpenAI deal. ChatGPT still won’t credit the site’s biggest scoops]( “We are…deeply worried that despite this partnership, OpenAI may be downplaying rather than elevating our works,” Business Insider’s union wrote in a letter to management. By Andrew Deck. [How Newslaundry worked with its users to make its journalism more accessible]( “If you’re doing it, do it properly. Don’t just add a few widgets, or overlay products and embeds, and call yourself accessible.” By Hanaa' Tameez. What We’re Reading Nieman Reports / Megan Cattel [The BBC’s Lifeline program delivers vital information in Gaza →]( “I want this project to continue for as long as possible because the ongoing situation in Gaza will not end soon. Even though the war will stop or end, the humanitarian situation in Gaza will be dire for a very long time. [In January] the program was extended for another three months. The program has been extended for the third time, for three more months.” Latin American Journalism Review / Carolina de Assis [What’s it like living in a news desert? Agência Mural explores absence of local journalism in Brazilian city →]( “Digital media outlet Agência Mural de Jornalismo das Periferias has covered the impact of the lack of local reporting in the outskirts of São Paulo since at least 2018. In the beginning of 2024, Mural decided to tell the story of one of these deserts from the perspective of the people who live without reliable information about their surroundings.” Second Rough Draft / Richard J. Tofel [A simple fix for all those stories about polls →]( “There is a better formula though, and it’s rooted in a fundamental fact that political reporters know, but frequently just ignore in their coverage: Many people in this country, actually a plurality, are neither Republicans nor Democrats, and it is almost certainly their votes that will determine the election results, and thus the country’s future.” Moneyweb / Jeremy Maggs [South Africa’s Media24 is shutting down its newspapers →]( “The decision comes as Media24 and other companies in the print space grapple with financial losses, primarily driven by escalating distribution costs, diminishing advertising revenue and a readership migration to online platforms. It is unknown whether Media24 will create individual online brands for the newspapers, as their content is aggregated as sub-sections of its News24 and Netwerk24 portals.” Press Gazette / Dominic Ponsford [“Devastating” investigation reveals widespread rollout of AI Overviews on news-related Google queries →]( “A Press Gazette-led investigation has found that AI-written summaries were returned for nearly a quarter of news-related search queries in mid-May in the US, with the result that organic links to publisher articles were pushed far down the page.” LatAm Journalism Review by the Knight Center / Katherine Pennacchio [Site blocking and impersonation threaten media in Venezuela, according to a new IPYS report →]( “According to the report, 46 national and international media outlets, as well as sites of civil organizations and platforms, are blocked by the country’s main internet providers.” Reuters / Sheila Dang [X’s lawsuit against Media Matters to head to trial in April 2025 →]( “X, which is owned by billionaire Elon Musk, sued Media Matters in November, accusing the group of defamation after it published a report that said ads had appeared next to posts on X praising Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.” WIRED / Boone Ashworth [Artifact’s DNA lives on in Yahoo’s revamped AI-powered news app →]( “In the new app, users will see a prompt in some stories to generate ‘Key Takeaways.’ After tapping the prompt, users will see a quick summary load after a second or two of computation. The AI summaries appear in the desktop version of Yahoo News too, but only for a small subset of users who are selected and then choose to opt in.” inews.co.uk / Adam Sherwin [Evgeny Lebedev closed the Evening Standard after pressure from a Saudi investor →]( “Lord Lebedev’s Saudi co-investor has become a decisive influence in the future of the brand. Sultan Mohamed Abuljadayel, who hails from a family with major international property investments, bought a 30% stake in the Standard’s parent company for £25m in 2018. Yet with losses amounting to £84.5m over the last six years, Lord Lebedev finally agreed to a cost-cutting plan to shut down daily publication of the paper, which is just three years shy of its 200th anniversary.” The Hollywood Reporter / Alex Weprin [Conservative cable news channel Newsmax wants to IPO. Here’s why. →]( “In the meantime, Newsmax will also pursue M&A. According to the investor presentation, the conservative news outlet wants to buy talk and news radio stations, local news outlets, and other media businesses targeting the 45+ demographic.” Washington Post / Mary Ilyushina [U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich to be tried on espionage charges in Russia →]( “Gershkovich, [a reporter for the Wall Street Journal]( has been imprisoned in Russia for more than a year on espionage charges for which authorities have shown no evidence.” Press Gazette / Charlotte Tobitt [Publishers around the world hit by Facebook labelling news as spam →]( “This is a stark reminder that we’re not in full control of our business. When the platforms change the algorithms or when the platforms have a bug, that can have a catastrophic impact on the business in hand.” Puck / Dylan Byers [CNN has struck a deal with the Associated Press →]( CNN will use AP’s copy for digital stories for the first time since CNN canceled its contract with the AP in 2010 to focus more on original reporting. “The deal would appear to portend further staff cuts, and that’s certainly how some CNN insiders are reading it.” the Guardian / Chris Stein [D.C. crime news trackers aim to inform — but are they being used for a right-wing agenda? →]( “While many describe what they are doing as journalism, others in the city have accused them of insensitivity in their coverage, or exaggerations that make the region’s crime looks worse than it is. In a fraught election year, their local footprint could have widespread impact.” [Nieman Lab]( / [Fuego]( [Twitter]( / [Facebook]( [View email in browser]( [Unsubscribe]( You are receiving this daily newsletter because you signed up for for it at www.niemanlab.org. Nieman Journalism Lab Harvard University 1 Francis Ave.Cambridge, MA 02138 [Add us to your address book](